Monday, 24 May 2021 12:20 PM MYT
BY JERRY CHOONG
Media groups said it was worrying to see journalists being summoned by the police for their reporting. Picture by Hari Anggara
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 A coalition of media NGOs and organisations has urged the government to stop harassing journalists and the press for merely carrying out their duties.
Consisting of the Centre for Independent Journalism, Gerakan Media Merdeka and the National Union of Journalists, the coalition expressed its alarm at the frequent use of harassment tactics by the authorities towards the media.
LETTER | Stop harassing media for their reporting
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LETTER | The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), Gerakan Media Merdeka (Geramm) and National Union of Journalists (NUJM) are alarmed by the frequent use of harassment tactics by the Malaysian authorities toward the media.
On May 18, 2021, two
Malaysiakini journalists were summoned by the police to give their statements over three articles relating to the death of A Ganapathy who died while seeking treatment in the hospital after being arrested by the police in early February this year.
Just prior to that, on May 10, 2021,
It is a worrying pattern to see journalists being summoned by the police for their reporting. This year alone, we saw at least five incidents where journalists are being questioned and investigated. It is alarming that the same media outlet is being targeted and this year alone,
Obituary Mick Gosling 26 September 1952 - 7 April 2021
Monday 24 May 2021, by Penelope Duggan
Mick Gosling 26 September 1952 - 7 April 2021
The driving force of Mick Gosling’s life was the defence of working people’s rights and a commitment to socialism to achieve that.
Mick (James) Gosling grew up in Stevenage, in a left-leaning working-class family - his father had been involved in Michael Foot’s 1945 election campaign in Plymouth. Mick himself joined the LPYS at fourteen.
In 1970 he went to Kent University in the heady days of student radicalization when Kent was one of the hotspots, “Oxford, Essex, Kent unite, one struggle, one fight” is a fondly-remembered slogan. He soon joined the International Marxist Group. Friend and comrade Dave Wimhurst remembers “he was completely tireless in his efforts to support the battles of the day. This was the era of Apartheid, Troops Out of Ireland, the National Front, the Vietnam War, Pinochet’s dictatorship, the Miners’
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The BBC’s governing body has launched an investigation into the culture of its news operation, as ministers said the circumstances of Martin Bashir’s interview with Diana, Princess of Wales could be used to justify reform of the national broadcaster.
The BBC’s board said it was confident the corporation’s internal processes had improved in the period since Bashir used fake invoices to gain the trust of Diana’s brother in an attempt to secure a Panorama interview with the royal.
However, it felt an investigation was required to make sure that managers are hitting high standards. The board said: “We must not just assume that mistakes of the past cannot be repeated today – we must make sure that this is the case.”
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